About the Authors

Helen Henshaw

helen.henshaw@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliation NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Melanie A. Ferguson

Affiliation NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HH MAF. Performed the experiments: HH MAF. Analyzed the data: HH MAF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH MAF. Wrote the paper: HH MAF.